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30 seconds with: Yael Rothfeld’s music class with Thurston third graders

January 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editors Thurston third graders have had a rollicking good time learning the “Grumpy March” dance from music teacher Yael Rothfeld. “It’s a pretty complicated dance and it is only […]

FutureStars 2019 Winning Act, “It’s Tricky” performed by 2019 Pioneer grads, Ashanti Kenyatta Campbell, Shane Collins, and Trey Foster.
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Pioneer Theatre Guild presents FutureStars 2020 Jan. 17, 18, 25

January 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer Theatre Guild’s FutureStars 2020 returns for its 18th year at Pioneer High School’s Schreiber Auditorium on Jan. 17, 18 and 25. A citywide talent search for Ann Arbor’s next star, FutureStars features students from […]

Features

Pioneer Symphony Band to perform composition by Pioneer alum Chris Hass Dec. 12 at Winter Winds Concert

December 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video, photos and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School graduate Chris Hass is looking forward to his alma mater’s Winter Woods Concert on Thursday for one very special reason. During the […]

Features

Skyline Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare in Love’ this weekend

November 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Before he was known the world over as the greatest playwright in the English Language, William Shakespeare was a young writer struggling to get his works seen and looking for inspiration. That’s the character we […]

Elementary News

1400 AAPS students treated to Pioneer Theatre Guild’s performance of `Matilda: The Musical’

November 7, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor About 1400 AAPS elementary students from eight schools got a real treat Wednesday when they took a field trip to see the Pioneer Theatre Guild’s performance of “Roald Dahl’s […]

Features

Profile: Pioneer’s Martha Laramore-Josey fulfills a dream playing Matilda in PTG’s fall production

October 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com When Martha Laramore-Josey saw Roald Dahl’s Matilda on Broadway in 2014 she knew right then that she “wanted to be a part of this show.” “I absolutely loved it,” says Laramore-Josey. “It’s […]

Features

30 seconds with: The Clague Middle School Orchestra

October 8, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Abby Alwin has taught orchestra for 17 years at Clague Middle School for 17 years—and loves it. “I feel fortunate to be a part of such […]

Features

30 seconds with: percussionist Brian Young, 2005 Pioneer grad

September 12, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Brian Young, who graduated from Pioneer High School in 2005, says the school’s music department had a great impact on him. And in a way, it still does. […]

Features

Theater programs expand at Lawton & Burns Park; 3 questions for Julie Strassel, Lawton’s new theater teacher

August 30, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Photos and videos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Julie Strassel spent the last five years watching her drama students at Chicago’s Goudy Technology Academy come out of their shells, become more comfortable speaking in front […]

Features

That horn section rocks! 5 Pioneer Symphony Band members join Lady Antebellum in concert

August 21, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor It was supposed to be just another (glorious) day at the week-long Pioneer Band Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Then it got really interesting. Five Pioneer High […]

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